Road Trip Adventures, Best Bookstore EVER, 4 New Books!
Last week, my family and I took an incredible road trip. Here is the explanation that I wrote on Facebook of where we went and why (my husband is a certified BBQ judge and he also competes in competitive BBQ competitions):
If you follow me on Instagram, you were along for the ride as I posted Instastories all throughout our vacation. We had such a wonderful trip filled with so much fun and laughter. There is absolutely nothing I love and cherish more than family time and having my family all to myself for the past week was such a gift. We made INCREDIBLE memories and had the most wonderful time.
Road Trip Adventures
I had 5 goals for this trip:
- Do NOT Get Stuck on A Mountain Without Food Like Last Time (Link to that ridiculous story HERE)
- Do NOT Come Home With Such a Dramatic Story That it Makes Google’s Homepage Like Last Time (Link to that awesome story HERE)
- Eat Cookie Dough From Cookie Dough Monster
- Spend Quality Time in My Most Favorite Bookstore (Link to the last GLORIOUS time I visited HERE)
- Make AMAZING memories with my family
I am happy report that I accomplished all 5 of my goals!
Somehow within the span of 6 days, my family and I saw an insane amount of sights, did an insane amount of activities, and created an insane amount of memories. WE HAD THE BEST TIME! Here are some snapshots from the first 4 days of our trip:
Best Bookstore EVER and 4 New Books
And then…
My FAVORITE.
Read THIS POST that I wrote 2 years ago after visiting for the 1st time.
Moon Pie General Store and the Original Book Warehouse, I’m baaaaaaaack!
It was just as massive, just as glorious, and just as wonderful as I remembered it to be. A true book lovers dream come true! If you are ever visiting the area, this wonderful place is a MUST VISIT.
I was so excited to be there that I left my purse sitting in the front seat of the car and didn’t even realize it until we got back INTO the car when we were leaving, lol. As soon as we parked, apparently I FLEW out of the seat with such excitement that I couldn’t even be bothered to grab my purse on the way. I love that so much, lol.
My family went straight for the Moon Pies and I went straight for the books. I never even made it to the Moon Pie side of the store!
Moon Pie General Store and Original Book Warehouse Souvenirs:
And of course…book souvenirs for ME! Have read either of these books?
Synopsis from Goodreads: The Little Paris Bookshop {Nina George}:
“There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies—I mean books—that were written for one person only…A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that’s how I sell books.”
Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can’t seem to heal through literature is himself; he’s still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.
After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country’s rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself.
Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people’s lives.
Synopsis from Goodreads: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library {Sue Halpern}
People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget her problems.
But that changes when fifteen-year-old, home-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary. The judge throws the book at Sunny—literally—assigning her to do community service at the library for the summer. Bright, curious, and eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parents, Sunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. They’re joined by Rusty, a Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth.
In this little library that has become the heart of this small town, Kit, Sunny, and Rusty are drawn to each other, and to a cast of other offbeat regulars. As they come to terms with how their lives have unraveled, they also discover how they might knit them together again and finally reclaim their stories.
After 3 days in Pigeon Forge, TN we were off to Louisville, KY.
Nothing is more welcoming after an exhausting five hour car ride then to walk into your hotel room and then be greeted by this:
It was an amazing week with my family! I have a million more pictures but they include my children (which as you know) I keep off of my blog. They had a BLAST! Absolutely nothing better than family time and making memories together. I’m already starting to think about where we can go on our next trip! I hope all of you had a nice week, too 🙂 Thank you for allowing me to share a bit of my personal life with you today. I’ll be back on Monday with a review of a book that I finished reading a few weeks ago…stay tuned…
Happy Friday! I hope your weekend is filled with love and BOOKS!
Xo,
Jenny
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Sounds like an amazing trip! Glad you had such a fun time. 🙂
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Thank you! It really, really was ❤️
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What sounds like the most amazing road trip, that you got to do 5 such fantastic things, how wonderful. For myself, I’m taking away not only the desire to add some of the books you featured to my Wish List but also for a Moon Pie … not something we have here in the UK.
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